Episodes
Nov. 25, 2025
Episode 23 Sylvia Plath READING POETRY - her poem “Tulips” - genius at work #NaPodPoMo 23/30
You hear the American poet Sylvia Plath read her poem “Tulips”. She wrote it while in hospital in 1961 after having her appendix removed. A friend sent her get-well flowers. You also hear Paul O'Mahony's reading - contribut...
Nov. 24, 2025
Episode 22 “Chaos” poem by Paul O’Mahony #NaPodPoMo
Poem in honour of Cong - the unconference. Paul O’Mahony wrote this on Monday morning 24th November 2025 - after reading an email from Eoin Kennedy & replying. #NaPodPoMo 22/30 ———- Listen to the full series at https://napodp...
Nov. 23, 2025
Episode 21. READING POETRY “Ithaca” by Theo Dorgan #NaPodPoMo
You hear Theo Dorgan read his poem “Ithaca” dedicated to Leonard Cohen (with whom he shares a birthday). Paul O’Mahony also reads the poem twice. #NaPodPoMo ————- Ithaca for Leonard Cohen When you set out from Ithaca again, l...
Nov. 22, 2025
Episode 20 READING POETRY - “Derigibles” by Derek Mahon #NaPodPoMo
DERIGIBLES We who used to drift superbly in mid-air, each a giant airship before ‘the last war’, shrink to a soft buzz about financial centres surprising visitors, hackers and bean counters in cloud-flown highrises. Cloud-slo...
Nov. 21, 2025
Episode 19 “Sounds of Dublin City” poetry in motion #NaPodPoMo
From Trinity College to Anne’s Street South. Walking up Grafton Street - stopping by buskers - passing shops - capturing a few voices on the street. #NaPodPoMo
Nov. 21, 2025
Episode 19 “Sounds of Dublin City” poetry in motion #NaPodPoMo
From Trinity College to Anne’s Street South. Walking up Grafton Street - stopping by buskers - passing shops - capturing a few voices on the street. #NaPodPoMo
Nov. 19, 2025
Episode 18 READING POETRY Jenny Joseph reads her poem “Warning" #NaPodPoMo
Day 18 of #NaPodPoMo Paul O'Mahony introduces Jenny Joseph - she reads her poem Warning. Paul reads Jenny’s poem. Today I learned: I Jenny Joseph’s reading performance is magnificent - almost as good as the poem itself. R...
Nov. 18, 2025
Episode 17 READING POETRY Amanda Gorman reads her poem"The Hill We Climb" #NaPodPoMo
Day 17 of #NaPodPoMo Paul O'Mahony introduces Amanda Gorman - she reads her poem The Hill We Climb. The recording was made at the inauguration of President Joe Biden in January 2021. Paul reads Amanda's poem. Today I learned...
Nov. 17, 2025
READING POETRY "Adoration" by Paul O'Mahony #napodpomo 16/30
You hear Paul O'Mahony reading his poem " Adoration " - twice. " Dying to be remembered Dying to be loved Yearning to be celebrated who will prolong my life in a world where so much is forgotten almost before it has been born...
Nov. 17, 2025
Day 15 of #napodpomo REFLECTIONS on first half of November 15/30
Recorded by Paul O'Mahony on the morning of 17th
Nov. 16, 2025
Paula Meehan reads “The Ghost of my Mother Comforts me”. #napodpomo 14/30
you hear Paula Meehan reading her . You hear Paul O’Mahony reading it twice. “The ghost of my mother comforts me. Do not fear daughter when they lift their sticks, their stones, when they hiss beneath their breaths fallen wo...
Nov. 10, 2025
#Napodpomo 10/30. "In Memory of WB Yeats". READING POETRY by WH Auden
You hear Auden read his poem twice. Paul O'Mahony reads it 1.3 times (including a few slips of his tongue. IN MEMORY OF W B YEATS "He disappeared in the dead of winter: The brooks were frozen, the airports almost deserted, A...
Nov. 9, 2025
#napodpomo 9/30 READING POETRY “The Journey” by Mary Oliver
You hear poet Mary Oliver reading her poem “The Journey”. Paul O’Mahony reads the poem twice for #napodpomo.
Nov. 8, 2025
Reflections on READING POETRY #napodpomo 8/30
Paul O’Mahony talks about his satisfactions during Days 1 - 7 of #Napodpomo
Nov. 7, 2025
#Napodpomo 7/30. “THE RED WHEELBARROW” by William Carlos Williams
You hear the poet, William Carlos Williams reciting his most famous poem, “The red wheelbarrow so much depends upon a red wheel barrow glazed with rain water beside the white chickens” ____________ You also hear Paul O’Mahony...
Nov. 6, 2025
#NapodpoMo 6/30 Reading Poetry: “Sea Fever” by John Masefield
You hear John Masefield reading his poem “Sea Fever day with the white clouds flying, And the flung spray and the blown spume, and the sea-gulls crying. I must go down to the seas again, to the vagrant gypsy life, To the gull...
Nov. 5, 2025
#Napodpomo 5/30. READING POETRY - “ Stopping by Woods on a snowy evening” by Robert Frost
You hear Robert Frost reading his poem “Stopping by Woods on a snowy evening Whose woods these are I think I know. His house is in the village though; He will not see me stopping here To watch his woods fill up with snow. My ...
Nov. 4, 2025
#Napodpomo 4/30 Infamous Popular Poem “This be the Verse”
By Phillip Larkin Spoken by the poet. Spoken by Paul O’Mahony (3 times)
Nov. 3, 2025
#Napodpomo 3/30. READING POETRY: “Digging” - Seamus Heaney
You hear Seamus Heaney reading his poem "Digging" three times. You hear Paul O'Mahony reading the poem twice. Digging Between my finger and my thumb The squat pen rests; snug as a gun. Under my window, a clean rasping sound ...
Nov. 2, 2025
#Napodpomo 2/30. READING POETRY: “Wild Geese”
You hear a recording of Mary Oliver reading her poem Wild Geese. You hear Paul O’Mahony reading her poem, twice. This is the poem: “ Wild geese You do not have to be good. You do not have to walk on your knees For a hundred m...